Ring Magazine upsets of the year

"Ring Magazine" was established in 1922. Since 1980, it has named a fight that has resulted in an outcome that was highly contrary to general expectations as upset of the year, based on the magazine's writers' criteria. Here is a list of "Ring Magazine"'s upsets of the year:

1920s

*1922 Battling Siki KO 6 Georges Carpentier
*1923 Gene Tunney W15 Harry Greb
*1924 Kid Sullivan W10 Johnny Dundee
*1925 Dave Shade KO3 Jimmy Slattery
*1926 Pete Latzo W10 Mickey Walker
*1927 Mike McTigue KO4 Paul Berlenbach
*1928 Andre Routis W15 Tony Canzoneri
*1929 Spider Pladner KO1 Frankie Genaro

1930s

*1930 Al Singer KO1 Sammy Mandell
*1931 Mickey Walker D15 Jack Sharkey
*1932 Billy Petrolle KO12 Battling Battalino
*1933 Primo Carnera KO6 Jack Sharkey
*1934 Steve Hamas W12 Max Schmeling
*1935 Jimmy Braddock W15 Max Baer
*1936 Max Schmeling KO12 Joe Louis
*1937 Lou Ambers W15 Pedro Montanez
*1938 Max Baer W15 Tommy Farr
*1939 Lou Ambers W15 Henry Armstrong

1940s

*1940 Fritzie Zivic W15 Henry Armstrong
*1941 Freddie Red Cochrane W15 Fritzie Zivic
*1942 Lee Savold KO8 Lou Nova
*1943 Jake LaMotta W10 Sugar Ray Robinson
*1944 Juan Zurita W15 Sammy Angott
*1945 Rocky Graziano KO3 Billy Arnold
*1946 Rocky Graziano KO2 Marty Servo
*1947 Harold Dade W15 Manuel Ortiz
*1948 Sandy Saddler KO4 Willie Pep
*1949 Robert Villemain W10 Jake LaMotta

1950s

*1950 Vic Toweel W15 Manuel Ortiz
*1951 Randy Turpin W15 Sugar Ray Robinson
*1952 Lauro Salas W15 Jimmy Carter
*1953 Bobo Olson W15 Randy Turpin
*1954 Paddy DeMarco W15 Jimmy Carter
*1955 Ralph Tiger Jones W10 Sugar Ray Robinson
*1956 Johnny Saxton W15 Carmen Basilio
*1957 Gene Fullmer W15Sugar Ray Robinson
*1958 Don Jordan W15 Virgil Akins
*1959 Ingemar Johansson KO3 Floyd Patterson

1960s

*1960 Eloy Sanchez KO8 Jose Becerra
*1961 Terry Downes KO10 Paul Pender
*1962 Fighting Harada KO11 Pone Kingpetch
*1963 Rubin Carter KO1 Emile Griffith
*1964 Cassius Clay KO7 Sonny Liston
*1965 Fighting Harada W15 Eder Jofre
*1966 Ki Soo Kim W15 Nino Benvenuti
*1967 Oscar Bonavena W12 Karl Mildenberger
*1968 Lionel Rose W15 Fighting Harada
*1969 Leotis Martin KO9 Sonny Liston

1970s

*1970 Billy Backus KO4 Jose Napoles
*1971 Alfredo Marcano KO10 Hiroshi Kobayashi
*1972 Esteban DeJesus W10 Roberto Duran
*1973 Ken Norton W12 Muhummad Ali
*1974 Muhummad Ali KO8 George Foreman
*1975 John H. Stracey KO6 Jose Napoles
*1976 Wilfred Benitez W15 Antonio Cervantes
*1977 Jorge Lujan KO10 Alfonso Zamora
*1978 Leon Spinks W15 Muhummad Ali
*1979 Vito Antuofermo D15 Marvin Hagler

1980s

*1980 - Yasutsune Uehara KO 6 Sammy Serrano
*1981 - Roger Stafford UD 10 Pipino Cuevas
*1982 - Kirkland Laing UD 10 Roberto Duran
*1983 - Gerrie Coetzee KO 10 Michael Dokes
*1984 - Gene Hatcher TKO 11 Johnny Bumphus
*1985 - Michael Spinks UD 15 Larry Holmes
*1986 - Lloyd Honeyghan TKO 6 Donald Curry
*1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard SD 12 Marvin Hagler
*1988 - Iran Barkley TKO 3 Thomas Hearns
*1989 - Rene Jacquot UD 12 Donald Curry

1990s

*1990 - Buster Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson
*1991 - No award given
*1992 - Azumah Nelson TKO 8 Jeff Fenech
*1993 - Simon Brown KO 4 Terry Norris
*1994 - Vuyani Bungu UD 12 Kennedy McKinney
*1995 - Willy Salazar TKO 7 Danny Romero
*1996 - Evander Holyfield TKO 11 Mike Tyson
*1997 - Vince Phillips TKO 10 Kostya Tszyu
*1998 - Ivan Robinson SD 10 Arturo Gatti
*1999 - Willy Wise UD 10 Julio César Chávez

2000s

*2000 - José Luis Castillo MD 12 Stevie Johnston
*2001 - Hasim Rahman KO 5 Lennox Lewis
*2002 - Juan Carlos Rubio UD 10 Francisco Bojado
*2003 - Corrie Sanders TKO 2 Wladimir Klitschko
*2004 - Glen Johnson KO 9 Roy Jones Jr.
*2005 - Zahir Raheem UD 12 Erik Morales
*2006 - Carlos Baldomir UD12 Zab Judah
*2007 - Nonito Donaire KO 5 Vic Darchinyan